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Object Number
2004.29.2275
Display Title
View along the northern side of oval embankment
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Serpent Mound Park, Adams Co., Ohio. / Peabody Museum of Amer. Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. / John Cone Kimball, Photographer, 1887. / 8 -- View along the Northern side of the Oval embankment, showing the levelled portion outside and inside of the embankment and the width (18 ft.) of the artificial bank. / The tops of trees growing upon the side of the cliff are seen in the centre of the picture."
Keywords
- Archaeological
- Site and Excavation
Subject
- oval
- Mound
- Serpent
Department
Photographic
Date
1887
Artist
John Cone Kimball
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Ohio
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Adams County
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<City>
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Serpent Mound
Additional Geographic Terms
Oval embankment
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 17.15 cm (4 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
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